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European history and politics

European history and politics is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of Nazi Germany, including propaganda, forced labor, sexuality, gender, and the postwar period in Europe. It delves into the social and cultural history of Nazi Germany, examining topics such as consumerism, homosexuality, occupation policies, and the experiences of different groups during World War II.

  • Nazi Propaganda
  • Sexuality
  • Forced Laborers
  • Consumerism
  • Gender
  • Homosexuality
  • Occupation
  • Social History
  • World War II
  • Cultural Studies
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
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Which countries lead European history and politics research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 837 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 1.4k works
  2. 2 United States 837 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 393 works
  4. 4 Austria 175 works
  5. 5 France 169 works
  6. 6 Poland 134 works
  7. 7 Russia 101 works
  8. 8 Canada 98 works
  9. 9 Switzerland 98 works
  10. 10 Italy 94 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Germany: 40.1%United States: 23.9%United Kingdom: 11.2%Austria: 5.0%6 others listed: 19.8%40%largest
Germany1,406 · 40.1%United States837 · 23.9%United Kingdom393 · 11.2%Austria175 · 5.0%6 others listed694 · 19.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead European history and politics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Freie Universität Berlin publishes the most European history and politics research, followed by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Vienna.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 56 works
  2. 2 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 44 works
  3. 3 University of ViennaAustria 43 works
  4. 4 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 33 works
  5. 5 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 32 works
  6. 6 University of CologneGermany 31 works
  7. 7 Universität HamburgGermany 31 works
  8. 8 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 29 works
  9. 9 Bielefeld UniversityGermany 29 works
  10. 10 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 28 works

Who are the leading researchers in European history and politics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on European history and politics include Sander L. Gilman and W. L. Ebenstein.

  1. 1 Sander L. Gilman United States 4.2k citations
  2. 2 W. L. Ebenstein United States 3.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is European history and politics research done?

The largest centres of European history and politics research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Munich (Germany) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Erfurt, Marburg and Bielefeld.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 196 works
  2. 2 Vienna Austria 104 works
  3. 3 Munich Germany 93 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 85 works
  5. 5 Paris France 73 works
  6. 6 Frankfurt am Main Germany 63 works
  7. 7 Hamburg Germany 63 works
  8. 8 Warsaw Poland 55 works
  9. 9 Potsdam Germany 52 works
  10. 10 Cologne Germany 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ErfurtDE · 23.2 works33×
  2. MarburgDE · 31.5 works30×
  3. BielefeldDE · 34.6 works29×
  4. PotsdamDE · 51.6 works29×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in European history and politics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study European history and politics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Graz, University of Vienna and University of Warsaw score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 16.3%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Graz: 18, 18.2%University of Vienna: 43, 9.8%University of Warsaw: 18, 21.5%Goethe University Frankfurt: 33, 10.4%Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 17, 16.6%University of Bayreuth: 11, 17.4%European University Institute: 10, 22.0%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: 44, 11.8%Friedrich Schiller University Jena: 16, 18.8%Universität Innsbruck: 14, 16.5%University of WarsawUniversity of GrazGoethe University Fr…University of Vienna
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of GrazAustria 79.018.2%26.9×18 +493.4%
2 University of ViennaAustria 77.79.8%22.0×43 +190.8%
3 University of WarsawPoland 76.121.5%8.6×18 +246.2%
4 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 74.110.4%20.3×33 +237.0%
5 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 72.116.6%14.3×17 +128.0%
6 University of BayreuthGermany 72.017.4%16.2×11 +466.7%
7 European University InstituteItaly 70.922.0%32.6×10 +71.0%
8 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 70.311.8%30.7×44 +37.9%
9 Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany 70.018.8%19.4×16 +58.8%
10 Universität InnsbruckAustria 69.416.5%12.3×14 +99.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is European history and politics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are European history and politics.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.